Runs smoothly, as an engine
The crossword clue "Runs smoothly, as an engine" is answered by PURRS, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus.
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PURRS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PURRS answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for PURRS
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- Contented sounds - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
- Runs smoothly - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Contented cat sounds - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Cat sounds - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Engine hums - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Runs in neutral - IDLES, used 72 times
- Engine - MOTOR, used 64 times
- Move smoothly - GLIDE, used 30 times
- Dry runs - TESTS, used 28 times
- Engine booster - TURBO, used 28 times
- Runs into - MEETS, used 28 times
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